On Friday morning Jessie & I were up early to join the rest of the Swedish population heading out of Stockholm for the weekend to their summerhouses in the archipelago to celebrate Midsommar. Midsommar is the celebration of the summer solstice in Sweden, which is the longest day of the year. In a country that only gets a couple hours of light during the days in winter, this is definitely a reason to celebrate! We piled onto the bus with dozens of other p...

Thursday was another typical Swedish day with a LOT of rain! Jessie & I had a moleing day (as Jan-Louise would call it :P) & hung around at her apartment resting up for the coming weekend's festivities. We baked a delicious batch of Anzac biscuits (cookies, Jessie calls them) to take with us to the family we were going to stay with for Midsommar as a thank you for having us. I made them with Jessie for Australia day when she visited Perth earlier this y...

On Wednesday morning Jessie had an appointment with her chiropractor so I just pottered around the apartment & had a lovely skype date with Mum & then Nigel. Then I took the bus into town to meet her & along the way I got a very loud & humiliating telling off from a crazy lady sitting opposite me, who yelled at me in Swedish for several minutes (after having sat opposite me for about 10 minutes before then) before I could finally get a word in e...

On Thursday morning I woke to find Jessie & Anna out on the balcony, soaking up the sunshine. It was a beautiful morning & Jessie actually went & put her bikini top on while she ate her breakfast. I tried to find a spot on the corner of tiny balcony that was shaded by trees :P haha I spent the morning doing laundry (finally!!!) down in the swanky laundry room at Jessie's apartment, complete with a drying cupboard, which is the coolest thing I've eve...

After another great night's sleep (Swedish people really have a real talent for making comfy sofa beds!) I woke up to another grey day in Stockholm on Monday. Jessie has the week off work so I am lucky enough to have to pleasure of her lovely company all week! In the morning we went to the larger grocery store that is a bus ride away to get more food supplies for the week & so that I could stock up on underwear. In Jessie's apartment you have to book in in ...